Explore how retrogrades of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto impact our lives and society, promoting profound ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.

On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

There exists a very special class of planets in the universe—ultra-short period planets. They are like "mysterious visitors" from interstellar space, challenging traditional understanding with their ...

Today, let’s talk about the mysterious and enchanting wave phenomenon in Saturn's Keeler Gap. Saturn has always been one of ...